READING NATION MAGAZINE June 2022

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THE INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB

Crazy To Leave You by Marilyn Simon Rothstein “A heartfelt, delicious story.” ―Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace From the author of Husbands and Other Sharp Objects comes a witty, bighearted novel about the happy accidents that lead to love and second chances. Forty-one years old, the last of her friends to marry, and down to a size 12, Lauren Leo is in her gown and about to tie the knot. There’s just one thing missing: the groom. With one blindsiding text, Lauren is unceremoniously dumped at the altar. In the aftermath, her mother is an endless well of unsolicited advice (Stay on your diet and freeze your eggs). Her sisters only add to the Great Humiliation: one is planted on Lauren’s couch while the other is too perfect. Picking her heart up off the floor, Lauren turns to her work in advertising as she gathers courage to move on and plan her next step. She should know by now that nothing in life goes according to plan. What lies ahead is the road to selfacceptance and at long last feeling worthy. With a new way to measure love and success, Lauren chucks her scale―and finds a second chance in the most unexpected place. 28

JUNE 2022


Articles inside

Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops: A Memoir Allison Hong Merrill

1min
page 29

Crazy To Leave You by Marilyn Simon Rothstein

2min
page 28

The Art of Traveling Strangers by Zoe Disigny

2min
page 27

Aunt Truly's Tales: Enchantment for Story Lovers by Laura McHale Holland

2min
page 26

To Squeeze a Prairie Dog: An American Novel by Scott Semegran

1min
page 17

IF OUR PETS COULD TALK

2min
pages 124-125

The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel by Pamela Binnings Ewen

1min
page 69

Death by Poison by Abigail Keam

1min
page 68

Oliver by Mandy Haynes

1min
page 65

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother: Guns, Girls, & Gambling in East Texas by Rocky D. Hawkins

1min
page 64

The Messenger of Magnolia Street by River Jordan

1min
page 61

Sugar Baby and Other Stories by River Jordan

2min
page 60

Imperfect Strangers: An Inspector Inoue Mystery by Lea O'Harra

1min
page 55

Squeaky Wheels: Travels with My Daughter by Train, Plane, Metro, Tuk-tuk and Wheelchair by Suzanne K

1min
page 54

Disassembly Required: A Memoir of Midlife Resurrection by Beverly Willett

1min
page 16

The Kimono Tattoo by Rebecca Copeland

1min
page 15

The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock

1min
page 14

READING NATION MAGAZINE June 2022

1min
pages 114-115

OFF THE PAGE with River Jordan

6min
pages 126-131

IF OUR PETS COULD TALK

2min
pages 124-125

WATERHOLE BRANCH PRODUCTIONS

6min
pages 90-97

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR OUR FIRST PULPWOOD QUEEN COOKBOOK!

4min
pages 82-87, 89

Claire Matturro interviews her Wayward Girl co-author Penny Koepsel

10min
pages 72-81

Work In Progress edited by Mandy Haynes

2min
pages 70-71

The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney

2min
pages 62-63

By the Hands of Men (6 book series) by Roy M. Griffis

2min
pages 58-59

Fore Play by Linda Sheehan

2min
pages 52-53

Pause by Sara Stamey

2min
pages 50-51

Trouble The Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff

3min
pages 44-47

Luz by Debra Thomas

2min
pages 42-43

When You Leave Me by Susan Wingate

4min
pages 36-39

QL 4 by James Garrison

2min
pages 34-35

Behind the Lens by Jeannée Sacken

2min
pages 30-31

Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground by Laura Whitfield

2min
pages 4-5

Past Purgatory by Debbie Baldwin

4min
pages 1-3
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